This exhibition highlights the treasures of the Burma Art Collection at NIU as well as offering an initiation to the complexity of Burmese Buddhism through religious art.

Formally opened in September 18, 2008 in conjunction of the International Burma Studies Conference (October, 2008) and the Council on Thai Studies (COTS) conference. Five hundred people came for these special events, openings and regular hour visits, including the Thai Ambassador and the local Illinois state representative.

Exhibit of an exquisite collection of antique textiles in silk and cotton from Chin State in Burma/Myanmar which we expect to be useful not only to students and scholars from all disciplines across NIU campus, but to researchers world wide.

The exhibit was of 15 modern paintings which had never before been formally exhibited in a major gallery. This was done in conjunction with the International Burma Studies Conference and was curated by Ms. Brikena Boci, a graduate student who was registered with me for an independent studies class. The research was done largely based on Burmese sources.

Performance on Burmese Contemporary Art in the Olson Gallery. Artist invited as part of an exhibit on contemporary Asian art entitled, "Crossings: What are the political, economic, and spiritual forces that drive a person to take up their life and move far away, to a place so utterly unlike home?"

Co-sponsored by the School of Art, the Art History Division, the Center for Burma Studies and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Organized by Associate. Prof. Karen Brown, Guest Curator, Olson Gallery.